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Originally Posted by Gaudfather
Some excerpts from a Kingston Whig article on Bennett's performance last night. Both Treliving and Conroy were at the game. Also nice to see Bennett has teammates that have his back.
"Chief among them was that Bennett's timing is getting better each game.
Craig Conroy, the Flames assistant general manager who was at the game along with general manager Brad Treliving, noted that in saying Bennett had a really strong game.
"It's tough when you have been out that long. I know all about that," Conroy said. "You could see it coming. His timing is not quite there."
"The timing is a little off. The hands are little slow. But I think that happens after not playing for five months," Bennett said."
"McFarland said it will take a little bit for the Bennett line — he was playing with Spencer Watson and Lawson Crouse — to get their chemistry going.
"Sam will get better with each and every game. He is such a competitor on the ice. He's got to continue to lead that way for us," McFarland said."
"Bennett didn't know Treliving or Conroy were at the game until they made a visit to the dressing room before game time.
"It was a nice surprise," said Bennett, who then went out and had a whale of a first period."
"Before Bennett’s first goal, Mississauga's Damian Bourne tried to take Bennett out with a high hit that could have easily been called for a head shot. A few shifts later, after Bennett had scored on a power play, Cody Caron engaged Bourne in a mammoth scrap."
"Bennett gave a pat to Caron when he was leaving the game.
"That's awesome stuff. I'm so proud of Caron. When you have guys like that on your team that just makes you more confident," Bennett said.
"It lets players like myself be able to play my game. It shows (Caron's) character. I owe him breakfast after that one."
Bennett, in his much heralded return to the OHL, is a bit of a marked player. He realizes that."
http://www.thewhig.com/2015/03/04/fr...ter-steelheads |
Good article.
Its interesting to hear that star players on teams admit to like having a deterrent around so that they can go out and "play their game"
I know the NHL has moved away from the goon who can't even skate but there is definitely still a need for big bodies, toughness and fighting.
Guys like Damien Cox who just oppose it fully are clueless.
Can't wait to see Bennett in the OHL playoffs, hopefully he goes into beast mode.